I don’t like picking postseason teams or Super Bowl teams before the start of preseason, but the Packers have to be the favorites on just about everyone’s lists to play for the Lombardi again in 2011.
They have so much depth at nearly every position. They won the Super Bowl with 16 players on injured reserve, several of whom were starters at the beginning of the season. Many of those players and their replacements will be back next season, which puts the Packers in an amazing position if the Super Bowl hype doesn’t stick with them through August and into September.
The biggest issue the Packers will have to deal with has not come up yet. I think if they can keep as many players as they can, they will be fine. They don’t really have any areas particularly lacking. Aaron Rodgers has more than enough weapons, they have two talented running backs who will compete for the starting job but should share the backfield, and an incredible amount of talent on the defensive side.
The only issue that could arise will be if they lose too many players at a given position to free agency. Obviously the Packers need to make wise draft decisions, but don’t expect next year’s rookie of the year on either side of the ball to come out of Green Bay. The Packers will be looking for players to come in and learn and then step in a few years down the road as their current players either get too old or leave for other reasons. This is a team that has a foundation of young players to keep the older guys trying hard and they need to keep it that way.
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